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127129.1
Date: 1/8/2010 8:47:19 AM
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Teams that end their season in the fifth place are a bit disadvantaged: almost all the other teams get money for playoff/playout. What about giving some money to fifth placers? May be could be a bit more of the average income of playout matches between 6th and 7th.

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127129.3 in reply to 127129.2
Date: 1/8/2010 3:33:34 PM
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you could give those income every team who is out of competion, and at least on the 5th place.

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127129.4 in reply to 127129.1
Date: 1/9/2010 3:51:46 PM
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I like how it is. It gives you a tactical choice, either bust your ass get into 4th. Tank on purpose and drop to 6th for extra training and income at the risk of being demoted. Yes ending up in 5th isn't fun but your not going to go down. Not being demoted is a reward in itself and if teams deem the extra money and training to be a better prize go ahead and risk sixth. I don't think it should change, but I am sure we will hear the annual moaning when we get to playoff time.

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127129.5 in reply to 127129.1
Date: 1/9/2010 11:55:45 PM
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im not sure about this one.

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if this gets implememnted then maybe later in the year there will be people who say... " coming top 4 is good so you make the playoffs, and 5th gives you a bonus... but coming 6th really sucks".

Then we may need to do something similar to 6th place.

Just my opinion. wouldnt work.

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127129.6 in reply to 127129.5
Date: 1/10/2010 7:28:59 AM
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Well, I originally made my idea thinking that the final placement should reflect what you managed to earn during the season. So, if you got 5th instead of 6th or 8th, you shouldn't get something less than those in lower positions. 5th placers do not train, do not get money. In the end, it is better to be 6th or 7th, and it is not realistic nor rewarding.

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127129.7 in reply to 127129.5
Date: 1/10/2010 7:37:30 AM
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if this gets implememnted then maybe later in the year there will be people who say... " coming top 4 is good so you make the playoffs, and 5th gives you a bonus... but coming 6th really sucks".

Then we may need to do something similar to 6th place.

Just my opinion. wouldnt work.


why that, 6th won't be total crap and is still better then 7th, which is still better then 8th place. In my eyes it should be desireable, to be as good then possible, and not like now i like to be 6th instead of 5th - also some people like the 6th place more then the third or 4th.

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127129.9 in reply to 127129.2
Date: 1/10/2010 9:09:59 PM
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I am stuck in a conference that is much better at present than the other conference, so this situation prompted this idea:

What if the two 5th place teams played each other in a one game exhibition (for money, splitting the gate, using the tie breaker to determine the home team) and then swapped conferences the next season? I finish 5th, I play the other 5th place team, his record is 11-11, mine is 10-12, he is home team, he gets two thirds of the gate, and he goes from the Big 8 to the Great 8, I go from the Great 8 to the Big 8. Would screw around a bit with rivalries, and that would be a shame, but that sort of happens with new teams arriving anyway.

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127129.11 in reply to 127129.5
Date: 1/10/2010 10:30:38 PM
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coming top 4 is good so you make the playoffs, and 5th gives you a bonus... but coming 6th really sucks".


That's the point - it sucks to finish lower than others.

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